Review #577; Rum #92: Transcontinental Rum Line Panama 9yr (2011)

This bottling from TCRL, was distilled on column stills from fermented molasses before being aged for 7 years in Panama and 2 additional year in Europe. This was bottled with no additives. ABV: 43% Nose: Vanilla, dark chocolate, dried apricot. Palate: Thin mouthfeel. Vanilla bean, dark chocolate, oak spice. Finish: Short, Vanilla, oak spice, black pepper. Rating: 4/10 Very pleasant. […]

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Review #573; Scotch #182: Duncan Taylor Battlehill BenRiach 5yr

This comes to us from Duncan Taylor’s battlehill line. This young distillate was aged for 5 years in “Oak Casks and was lightly peated at 35ppm. I had this blind so keep that in mind while reading my notes. ABV: 54% Nose: Bready, cereals, vanilla, honey, graham cracker Palate: Medium mouthfeel. Warm, Vanilla, bready, honey, milk chocolate, cereals,

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Review #570; Scotch #181: Kilkerran 14yr Open Day 2020 Bourbon Cask

This comes to us from Campeltown and is a 14 year old Kilkerran. This was aged entirely in a refill bourbon casks, triple distilled, and bottled at cask strength with no additives and was non-chill filtered. This was bottled and sold for the Virtual Campbeltown Festival. ABV: 57.8% Nose: Honey, Graham cracker, Vanilla, faint banana, lemon zest,

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Review #569; Mezcal #63: Madre La Mata Sotol Nombre De Dios

This custom batch, a whole 12 bottles which was selected by the Restaurant Madre, comes to us from Durango Mexico under the La Mata brand and was produced by Familia Lerma. Batch: 50T-L 25/06/19 ABV: 49.8% Nose: Fresh cut grass, vanilla cream, slight rubber, faint wood smoke Palate: Thick oily mouthfeel. Rubbery, heavy earthiness, minerality, faint oak spice, black

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Review #568; Rum #87: Chairman’s Reserve Master Select 8yr 50/50 JD1/Coffey “Lincoln Road Select”

Chairman’s Reserve Master Select “Lincoln Road” 8 Year This bottling comes to us from St. Lucia distillers and was selected by the Lincoln Road package store. Aged tropically for 8 years, this is a blend of 2 different stills and was bottled with no additives. This is the last of this mini-series so let’s see

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